Tail Whip
Not in Pokémon ChampionsGen I
Game
Scarlet & Violet
NormalStatus
Lowers the foe(s) Defense by 1.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 30
- Hits
- Both foes (spread move)
Properties
Changes over time
How Tail Whip changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen III
Lowers the
dropped: target'sadded: foe(s) Defense by 1.
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Gen IX
“The user wags its tail cutely, making opposing Pokémon less wary. This lowers their Defense stats.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Tail Whip, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Blocks or weakens it
1
- Magic Bouncebounces it back
Changes how it works
1
- Infiltratorgoes through Substitute
Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.
Good to know
- Magic Coat sends it back to the user too.
Who learns Tail Whip
It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.